The BOSS names of "Dark Souls 3" all have a lot of origins. Below, Deep Sky Gaowan will bring you an analysis of the origin of the BOSS names of Dark Souls 3. Players who are interested in the cultural heritage of the Dark Souls series Come and take a look!
It can be said that the main characters and style settings of the Dark Souls series refer more to Celtic mythology and Germanic culture.
Starting from the sun worship of King Gwyn in Dark Souls 1, to the Celtic knot tattoos that appeared in large numbers in Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3, and the Some of the boss names further illustrate that the game draws heavily on Celtic mythology, especially parts of this branch of Irish and Welsh mythology.
For example, most people may just think that the name of King Gwyn of the first generation is strange. Why should he be called Gwyn? The name Gwyn is basically a reference to Gwyn ap Nudd in Welsh mythology. Gwyn ap Nudd was the mythological king of Tylwyth Teg and ruler of the realm of the dead in Welsh culture. And we know that people in Dark Souls and humans were originally dead people, and they were restored to life because of fire. In the game, Gwyn leads the human branch and eventually establishes a sun worshiping regime. In a sense, this is also the case. King of the "Dead".
Gwyn ap Nudd is the son of Lludd in Welsh mythology, and interestingly, the characteristics of Gwyn in the game are somewhat in line with his father Lludd. The full name of Lludd is Lludd Llaw Eraint (Silver Hand Lludd). Lludd's name in Irish is more appropriate, Nuada. Three things happened during Nuada's reign. Dwarves, dragons, and giants. The stories about dragons in these three things are about two dragons fighting each other. The reason is that a local dragon was attacked by a dragon from another place. In order to protect their territory, they fought each other. The cries of the dragons when they were fighting were so terrifying that women couldn't get pregnant and animals couldn't mate. So Lludd, with the help of his brother, dug a pit in the center of the British Isles. Then fill the pit with wine and cover it with a cloth. So when the dragon was exhausted from fighting, he fell into the pit. Because there was wine in the pit, the dragon fell into drunkenness and fell asleep. At this time, Lludd took the dragon wrapped in cloth to Dinas Emrys and buried it. There is a similar burial point in the game, which is the magma in the abandoned city of Izarith.
Gwyn ap Nudd is also the King of the Wild Hunt in mythology. He leads his army to harvest the souls of the living. In the game, Gwyn's uncle Lloyd (meaning "gray" in Welsh) has an army that specializes in hunting the undead.
The word Gwyn means white in Welsh, and Lloyd means gray. During the Tudor period, the word Lloyd went through many variations. It is also the prefix of many place names in Wales today. Because in Welsh, LL rarely occurs. Of course, there are other variations, such as Lo. The prefix Lo also appears in Dark Souls, which is the name of the place where the stories of Dark Souls 1 and Dark Souls 3 take place, respectively Lordran and Lothric. . The word Lloyd, in the medieval period, had the meaning of "holy". Combined with the prefix Lo as a place name, it is likely to have the meaning of "holy XXXX".
The prefix Lu appears in Dark Souls 3, Ludleth the exiled. Here as a person's name.
Gwyn is very similar to the legend of King Arthur in some aspects.
King Arthur has a group of Knights of the Round Table under his command, and Gwyn has the "Four Knights of the King" under his command;
King Arthur met Merlin, and Gwyn met the white dragon Hiss ;
King Arthur’s queen’s name is Guinevere, and Gwen’s daughter’s name is Gwynevere. (The prefix of Gwyne comes from Gwyn and Gwynne. Gwynne means beauty and purity in Welsh)
Fina, another goddess in Dark Souls 1, is the goddess worshiped by the goddess knight Lautrec. Fina may come from the combination of two names, namely Finna and Feena.
In Celtic culture, Feena means Fair Maiden. As for Fair Maiden, it refers to a girl or an unmarried young woman. So Feena is a single young goddess. Of course, if Feena adds t to the end of the word, it means "wild creature".
Finna’s word means “white” in Gaelic.
So let’s talk about the possible potential meanings of the boss names in Dark Souls 3 this time:
The first boss, Ludex Gundyr
Ludex comes from Latin The word means "Judge", which means judgment, judge. I remember the Chinese translation is called: Judge of Ashes? Hmm
Gundyr can be divided into two parts, Gun and dyr. Among them, the prefix Gun may come from Germanic, in which gun refers to "war", while dyr comes from dyrr in ancient Norse and diurijaz in Proto-Germanic. And diurijaz comes from d?eg?- in Proto-Indo-European. d?eg?- means burning, and the evolved diurijaz means precious and valuable. diurijaz retained the same meaning when it became dyrr.
From a delusional perspective, dyr should mean "the burning of fire is very precious" in the game. As for the gun in front, it shows that gundyr is a man of war. Indeed he is a samurai in the game.
Farron Undead Legion
Farron is likely to come from a Celtic name, and the corresponding English name is Farren. Farron means "adventurous", which is consistent with their dangerous nature as Abyss Watchers. How can anyone without an adventurous spirit dare to monitor the abyss?
Another Boss we already know: Yhorm, the giant
The name Yhorm sounds very Nordic. But I don’t know much about the corresponding etymology in Nordic.
Aldrich, Devourer of Gods:
Aldrich comes from Old English and Old Germanic, meaning: ancient, wise, saint.
Ozroes, the condemned King:
Ozroes may be divided into Ozro and es, among which Ozro may be a deformation of Ozer and should be a Hebrew name, meaning "God's helper" , and the pronunciation of Ozros is very similar to Ozero. And Ozero means "lake" in Russian.